It Grows On You
You can count me in with the hordes of people who saw the new Jetta grille at first and said, "What the..." Yes, it's a lot of chrome. Yes,
it's kinda' weird. And yes, I think it looks good. It took me a while to warm up to it, and seeing it in pictures it just seems big and clunky, but when you come out of a highway pit stop and see it sitting under the lights, or come back to it after a long day playing on the beach boardwalk, you might just come around.
When I saw it in that light, and in contrast with some of the other mild and inoffensive sedans littered around the parking lot, I was giddy that I was getting into my blood red Jetta - I don't think VW calls it 'blood red', but I can't think
of a better name for it and I'm not big on researching colour names - (Spice Red - Ed.) with its big chrome grille and other shiny chrome bits.
And I'm not the only one who came around after a week. Though I have only met him once (the old strangers passing in the night scenario), the guy with the parking stall next to mine in my building's garage must have been impressed. Within a week after having returned my tester, I see a shiny new Jetta sitting in his spot, in the exact same colour. Granted, I haven't spoken to him to confirm my tester's influence, but I can't pass it off as mere coincidence. And though his was only the 2.5, and with the base rims, it was still a fabulously red and chrome trimmed Jetta. Choice!
You can count me in with the hordes of people who saw the new Jetta grille at first and said, "What the..." Yes, it's a lot of chrome. Yes,
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| It took me a while to warm up to it, but now I think that the Jetta's new chromed grille looks good. (Photo: Jonathan Yarkony, Canadian Auto Press) |
When I saw it in that light, and in contrast with some of the other mild and inoffensive sedans littered around the parking lot, I was giddy that I was getting into my blood red Jetta - I don't think VW calls it 'blood red', but I can't think
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| And I'm not the only one who came around after a week, my neighbour bought a new Jetta in the same colour. (Photo: Maki Ikushima, Canadian Auto Press) |
And I'm not the only one who came around after a week. Though I have only met him once (the old strangers passing in the night scenario), the guy with the parking stall next to mine in my building's garage must have been impressed. Within a week after having returned my tester, I see a shiny new Jetta sitting in his spot, in the exact same colour. Granted, I haven't spoken to him to confirm my tester's influence, but I can't pass it off as mere coincidence. And though his was only the 2.5, and with the base rims, it was still a fabulously red and chrome trimmed Jetta. Choice!